Hyderabad, Oct. 30 -- The pharmaceutical unit where two workers died in a chloroform leak had no leak-detection alarms and no equipment to arrest vapour emissions, the Telangana Pollution Control Board (TGPCB) has found. The board ordered the Saraca Laboratories plant in Sangareddy district shut on Friday, October 23, without giving the company a hearing.

The findings are detailed in the board's closure order, as reported by The Times of India. The order directs the bulk-drug and intermediates manufacturer at Gaddapotharam village in Jinnaram mandal to stop all industrial activity immediately. It also calls for the unit's power supply to be disconnected, citing safety failures, consent violations and risks to public health and the enviro...